Definition of clap

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Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.

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Clape :: Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Applaud :: Applaud (v. t.) To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck..
Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..
Spat :: Spat (v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap..
Claps :: Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clas.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..
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